Tassel



June 5, 1923. 1,457,738

' G. H.'KELLEY TASSEL Patented June 1923.

UNITED STATES GEORGE H. KELLEY, or LowELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

TASSEL.

Application filed February 13, 1922. Serial No. 536,356.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. KELLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lowell, in the county of Middlesex and 5 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Tassels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention pertains to tassels or pendants, such as are used for the handles of 10 curtain pulls and for similar purposes, and relates more particularly to tassels of that type comprising a top member or head and a plume comprised of a tuft or mass of fibers securely fastened to the head.

In accordance with the ordinary mode of making tassels, the top member or head is a solid piece formed from wood or other suitable material, and of spherical or other desired form. This head is then enveloped in a crocheted or knit covering to which the plume or fibrous tuft is secured by sewing or in other desired manner.

This mode of forming tassels is unduly expensive and fails to produce as pleasing an effect as might be desired, and the object of the present invention is accordingly to provide a tassel which, while ornamental and of pleasing appearance, will be strong, durable and economical to produce.

In the accompanying drawings, one desirable embodiment of the invention is illustrated by way of example, and in such drawings Fig. 1 IS a side elevation, of a complete tassel, and

Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of the tassel of Figure 1.

Referring'to the drawings, the letter A indicates a curtain pull cord or any other cord or flexible connection to which it is desired to secure the tassel. The head mem ber of the tassel is indicated at B, this head, preferably, being formed of sheet material, such, for example, as brass, plated or not, as desired, with silver or gold, and of any desired exterior configuration. This head member is hollow, as shown, providing an interior cavity, and at its upper'closed end is provided with an opening through which of the cord may be knotted within the cavity within the head to prevent its withthe end of the cord A may pass. The end drawal. The letter D indicates a bundle or vbunch of fibers of any suitable material,

such, for example, as. animal hairs or bristles or suitable vegetable fibers, such bundle forming the plume portion of the tassel. The fibers forming this bundle are secured in association with one another by means of a band C of metal or other suitab-le material, which encircles the bundle, and which may be pressed after insertion of the fibers therein to confine the fibers so closely as to prevent their withdrawal. The chamber within the head B is of sufficient size to a'ccommodate the upper projecting end of the plume, and also the encircling ring C; Inassembling the parts the upper end of the plume with the ring C is inserted in the head member B through the open lower end of the latter. After the parts have thus been positioned the lower portion of the head is subjected to pressure or other suitable operation, whereby the opening therein is restricted in diameter sufliciently to pro-'75 vent withdrawal of the ring C therefrom. As thus assembled, the plume is securely v a 1 connected with the head sothat the parts are not separated by ordinary use, so that the structure is durable and capable. of. giving long continued service.

It'is, manifest from consideration of the method employed in making the device that it may be constructed very cheaply, and

without necessitating the employment of skilled labor, whileat the same vtime the finished article is of pleasing appearance and of any ornamental design which may be desired. v Having thus described the invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

A tassel having a plume comprising a mass of fibers, a retaining ring engaging said fibers adj acent to one end and securing 95 them together, and a hollow one-piece head 5 enclosing said endand said ring and having an opening through which said fibers v extend, said opening beingsmaller than said ring to prevent the withdrawal of said ring therethrough, said head having an aperture through its top portion for the passage of a cord.

GEORGE H. KELLEY. -1 a 

